Hartley Nature Center
3001 Woodland Avenue, Duluth, MN 55803
About Hartley Nature Center
Hartley Nature Center is the education and stewardship organization based at the main entrance to Hartley Park on Woodland Avenue. It runs environmental education for area schools, summer day camps, public naturalist programs, and volunteer stewardship in the roughly 660-acre park it serves.
The building itself is the practical trailhead for Hartley: it is where most visitors park, pick up a trail map, and start a hike, ski, or ride. Staff maintain trail condition information and run interpretive programming that makes the park usable for people who would not otherwise venture into 660 acres of woods.
For east-side and above-the-hill families, the center is one of the most-used shared institutions outside the schools, and its camps fill early. Membership supports both the programming and trail work.
Meets: Year-round programs, day camps, and school field trips.
Get involved: Register for a program or camp, join as a member, or volunteer on trail and habitat work days.
Neighborhoods it serves
The streetcar suburb that grew into Duluth's university neighborhood.
Hunter's ParkTurrets, curving streets, and Hartley Park at the end of the block.
Congdon ParkOld money, old elms, and a creek out the back door.
KenwoodA grocery you can walk to, and eight minutes to everything else.
Where these facts come from
- Hartley Nature Center accessed 2026-08-13
Last reviewed 2026-08-13 by Guide editorial.